1 Kings 22:49-53

22:49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” ¹  but Jehoshaphat refused.

22:50 Jehoshaphat passed away ²  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor ³  David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.

Ahaziah’s Reign over Israel

22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. ⁴  He ruled for two years over Israel. 22:52 He did evil in the sight of ⁵  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ⁶  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ⁷  22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, ⁸  angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. ⁹ 

[22:49]  ¹ tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”

[22:50]  ² tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[22:50]  ³ tn Heb “with his fathers in the city of his father.”

[22:51]  ³ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[22:52]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:52]  ⁵ tn Or “way.”

[22:52]  ⁶ tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”

[22:53]  ⁵ tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[22:53]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”